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<blockquote data-quote="westsideworma" data-source="post: 167460"><p>yeah I agree with a lot of what you said. whether you have 3 or 4 (or gulp even 5) drivers its sometimes impossible to get all appreciative ones. The ones that are normally are ones that came up through the ranks and have done the job before. The off the street hires are generally less appreciative...not knocking all of them as I know it doesn't hold true for all. </p><p></p><p>I currently have 3 drivers (used to have 4) and they're all great. Unfortunately one of my drivers hurt himself but I've loaded for the cover guy thats doing it now as well and he's also a good guy. Like Monday we shoehorned 430+ pieces in one of the trucks and they asked him about my load (weird I know) and he said "for a blown out truck it was still one of the best loads I've had lately" now you can bet I will go the extra mile for this guy to make sure he has a decent load. Another driver found an air in the load (as for some reason airs are being PALed to normal shelf positions...stupid) and was like it had to have been a supe after you left as you never load them so I made sure it didn't go against you (they were closed anyways). I had to help someone else and the person covering my pull just literally threw packages in my cars, I stayed and cleaned them up (yes i know I get paid by the hour but that wasn't it) as it looked like a bomb hit them. One driver saw the mess and was all pissed (rightly so) then when he came back from his PCM found it all cleaned up and saw that his truck was now navigable down the middle and such, found me fixing another truck and was like thanks man. Its little things like this that go a long way with your preloader.</p><p></p><p>Treat people the way you wish to be treated. I know its hard in the UPS culture sometimes because nothing anyone does is ever good enough which can breed the "I just don't give a &$#%!!" attitude but I don't ask for tips or anything like that, just act appreciative now and then and its just obvious someone will go the extra mile. I know there are some days my load quality suffers (sick, tired, whatever), but by and large I always try to do the best I can to build a good load with few misloads (usually none) because with these drivers I know its appreciated.</p><p></p><p>also...when you're an @$$ I do retaliate, one driver whined and moaned that his truck wasn't completely 100% stop for stop and then finally left a less than satisfactory comment on the sheets soooo I basically loaded his truck blindfolded the next day. Never had a complaint after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westsideworma, post: 167460"] yeah I agree with a lot of what you said. whether you have 3 or 4 (or gulp even 5) drivers its sometimes impossible to get all appreciative ones. The ones that are normally are ones that came up through the ranks and have done the job before. The off the street hires are generally less appreciative...not knocking all of them as I know it doesn't hold true for all. I currently have 3 drivers (used to have 4) and they're all great. Unfortunately one of my drivers hurt himself but I've loaded for the cover guy thats doing it now as well and he's also a good guy. Like Monday we shoehorned 430+ pieces in one of the trucks and they asked him about my load (weird I know) and he said "for a blown out truck it was still one of the best loads I've had lately" now you can bet I will go the extra mile for this guy to make sure he has a decent load. Another driver found an air in the load (as for some reason airs are being PALed to normal shelf positions...stupid) and was like it had to have been a supe after you left as you never load them so I made sure it didn't go against you (they were closed anyways). I had to help someone else and the person covering my pull just literally threw packages in my cars, I stayed and cleaned them up (yes i know I get paid by the hour but that wasn't it) as it looked like a bomb hit them. One driver saw the mess and was all pissed (rightly so) then when he came back from his PCM found it all cleaned up and saw that his truck was now navigable down the middle and such, found me fixing another truck and was like thanks man. Its little things like this that go a long way with your preloader. Treat people the way you wish to be treated. I know its hard in the UPS culture sometimes because nothing anyone does is ever good enough which can breed the "I just don't give a &$#%!!" attitude but I don't ask for tips or anything like that, just act appreciative now and then and its just obvious someone will go the extra mile. I know there are some days my load quality suffers (sick, tired, whatever), but by and large I always try to do the best I can to build a good load with few misloads (usually none) because with these drivers I know its appreciated. also...when you're an @$$ I do retaliate, one driver whined and moaned that his truck wasn't completely 100% stop for stop and then finally left a less than satisfactory comment on the sheets soooo I basically loaded his truck blindfolded the next day. Never had a complaint after that. [/QUOTE]
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